1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index 67c4bc704c5a..cb50f4ae5eef 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ static void p9_virtio_close(struct p9_client *client)
         struct virtio_chan *chan = client->trans;
 
         mutex_lock(&virtio_9p_lock);
-        chan->inuse = false;
+        if (chan)
+                chan->inuse = false;
         mutex_unlock(&virtio_9p_lock);
 }